So, it's all been rather exciting since last I posted. On the brightest note possible, I've finished all my exams now. I say finished, but I didn't get into my last Biology and first Philosophy paper. They were on Monday morning but Sunday evening at around 11 and I didn't stop chundering til around 8. Having my first exam at 9, this wasn't ideal to say the least. So we rang up school and went to the doctors, and I got myself a doctor's note. So, all in all, I'm going to be getting my predicted grades, which is good, with my other exams I shouldn't have too much trouble getting into Portsmouth. But here's hoping!
But, it was all very frustrating. As with most people, I'm sure, I spent God knows how many hours writing notes, reading books, making mind maps, ripping up said mind maps and making them again from memory. Wash rinse repeat. The frustrating part of it all is that I'm left here now with a really odd feeling. I'm sure it'd make lots of people throw rocks at their screens, but I feel kid of let down a little, that I haven't been able to take the tests. I have had months and months of really hard work and that's it now. I don't really have anything to show for it, in my head and with my peers, like. It's just dropped off and that's it now. As I say I just have a weird feeling that I've spent months working and having nothing to show for it. I know, I get my predicted, but still. I can't really explain it in a great way, I guess.
You know?
So, that's all I had to say about all that escapade. Oh, but I will mention that I managed to get in on Wednesday to do my last philosophy exam, which also happened to be last exam, period. It all went great I think, I mean, I didn't run out of things to say and my teachers said it was all along the right lines. So it can't have been too awful? WIN.
Since Wednesday I've been getting reacquainted with things that I'd given up or simply didn't have time for while I was studying. To begin with, I managed to pick up my current Discworld novel and finish it. I'm on Wyrd Sisters (or was) and had gotten about a third of the way through, but put it down a few months back just because I didn't have the time. So, on Thursday I picked it back up with fervour and got right back in. I literally just finished it before writing this now and I bloody loved it. I've loved all of them so far, so much so that I went ahead and bought the whole series thus far, around 35 books, and I'm working my way through. It really is the best series I've ever read and you owe it to yourself to pick up one, such as Mort or Guards! Guards! to dip your toe in and see if you like them. But, I'd personally recommend just starting at number one and going chronologically.
Yep, A world on the backs of four elephants, stood upon a massive Turtle. Do you need any more convincing?
As the picture above explains pretty simply, the Discworld is set on the Disc, a world around the same size as ours, but flat rather than round, upon The Great A'Tuin, A giant turtle that swims through the universe. Terry Pratchett truly is a literary genius, give yourself a treat.
In other news, I've just gotten hold of Bad meets Evil, the sequel, a collaboration between Royce da 5'9" Eminem. I've not been able to give it a whole listen through as of yet, but what I have heard so far is really quite good, if you're into that kind of thing. I'd also recommend anyone who hasn't listened to the new Arctic Monkeys album yet, to do so, it really is a great album, but I am quite biased in this regard.
I'll be updating, I hope, a lot more frequently from now on, there's a lot more I want to talk about today in fact, but I fear many have already stopped reading, so that can wait.
I love cheesy poofs, you love cheesy poofs. If we didn't eat cheesy poofs we'd all be..................lame.


